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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Other militaries DID go in and pushed out the Taliban and you know what happened? The people, especially in the rural areas, were indifferent at best and frequently hostile. They didn't ask for anyone to "help them", even if they politely accepted it but they still saw them as outsiders vs the Taliban who were at least from there. They also knew the US and others weren't going to be there forever and the day would eventually come when they'd leave and then what? The Taliban would be there to fill the void. The moral in the ANA was crap so they weren't going to stop them. So the people kept on the best terms with both sides best they could and tried not to piss off the Taliban so they wouldn't take revenge when they returned.